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G. W. LORD & J. S. GILLETT.

REFRIGERATOR.

` No. 422,134. Patented Peb. 25,1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

GEORGE W. LORD AND JEROME S. GILLETT, OE MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA,ASSIGNORS TO THE MINNEAPOLIS SASI-I AND DOOR COMPANY.

REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 422,134, dated February25, 1890.

Application led January 4,1889. Serial No. 295,404. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE W. LORD and JEROME S. GILLETT, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepinand State of Minnesota, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Refrigerators, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is improve- 1 o ment of ventilation anddrainage in refrigerators; and the improvements consist in the devicesand combinations hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating our improvements, Figure lrepresents a front elevation of the upper portion of a refrigerator,showing the icecompartment and the drainage devices of our improvementin section; and Fig. 2 is an enlarged end view of zo the drainagedevices.

In said drawings,A designates a refrigerator-chest, which may be ofordinary construction and by preference have the ice-box in its upperportion, as shown, and a door in 2 5 the front or top to afford accessto the box.

The ice-box a in the drawings is shown as occupying only the centralportion of the upper half of the refrigerator-chest, and on either sideof the opening to the ice-box are iiXed go'glass fronts B. The lowerportion of the` chest is shown as having a front extension covered byhinged lids C. The ice-box a is composed of slats both at the sides andbottom, and for carrying oif the drip and con- 3 5 densation, and forthe purpose of ventilation there are provided beneath it the drainagedevices, consisting of supports covered with sheet metal, that projectsat the sides and is bent to form troughs. The flat topped supports D arecovered with galvanized iron or other suitable sheet metalfthat extendsbeyond the sides and is bent to form troughs d. At the under sides ofthe troughs d are other troughs c, of zinc or other suitable sheetmetal, with intervening air-spaces f, so that the drip or condensationfrom the upper troughs' d may be carried off by the lower troughs e.

\ The trough-supports D are placed at inter vals, and over theintervening spaces are set 5o the trough-supports D', having,preferably, inclined upper surfaces covered by galvanized iron t', orother sheet metal, with projecting sides formed into troughs CZ. rlfhepieces D may rest loosely on the supports D, so as to afford betterventilation and drainage. Discharge-pipes h may be connected with thelower en ds of the troughs d e; or all of the troughs may be inclinedtoward one side of the chest and connect with a common trough, to whichis connected a drainagepipe- The ice-box a may be set on the top of thedevice, as shown in Fig. l, and a thorough circulation of air will bepermitted, while the troughs CZ, e, and d will carry off the water ofliquefaction and condensation and prevent any drip falling into thelower portion of the chest.

In a refrigerator, in combination, a series of independent drip-plates,the troughs d at their sides, the troughs e, separated from the formertroughs by an air-space, and the superimposed drip-plates having thetroughs CZ at their sides, substantially as set forth.

GEORGE W. LORD. JEROME lS.y GILLETT.

Vitnesses C. E. CHURCHILL, P. H. GUNCKEL.

